Towers and Columns of Paris Described by a Traveler
Prentice Mulford recounts climbing Tower St. Jacques, Column of July, Column Vendome, and Notre Dame towers in Paris. He notes narrow stone stairs, dizzy heights, and the odd sensation of viewing Paris from above. He paid small fees for ascent, jokes about saints, and concludes foreign towers must be climbed by all tourists.
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Paris
Saint
Ain
France
Notre Dame
Prentice Mulford
San Francisco Chronicle
Charleston Lady Recalls Tybee Island Cyclone Ordeal
A Charleston woman writes of a deadly cyclone that struck Tybee Island, describing the house’s collapse, a fire, and life threatening escapes. She details rescue by Homan the hotel keeper and his clerks, the family’s flight to Bluns’ house, and their return to Savannah with the roof blown off and floodwaters inside.
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Sole
Tybee
Frank
Nina
Maud
Homan
Cottage Rock
Bluns
Savannah
Somerville Man Credits Hall’s Balsam for Lung Cure
William J. Coughlin of Somerville Massachusetts claims he suffered a severe lung illness in 1576 with coughing and weight loss, was hospitalized in 1577, and feared death. He credits Dr William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs with restoring his health and urges others with diseased lungs to try it.
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William J. Coughlin
Somervile
Mass
Ope
William Hail
William Hall
Lydia E. Pinkham Health Ad Promises Women Beauty
A 19th century style health claim urges women to seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from painful complaints and weaknesses, promising better health, strength, and beauty and directing readers to send for pamphlets at Lydia E. Pinkham, Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Advertised Salve and King’s Discovery Remedy
The piece promotes a skin salve promising cure for cuts and eruptions priced at 25 cents per box, sold by J Dorr opposite Court House. It also touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with a free trial bottle by J Dorr the druggist, claiming instant relief for coughs and lung ailments and noting a dollar bottle size.
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J. Dorr
Court House
Dr. King
The Width of the Door
A dialogue in broad dialect about fitting a door to a doorway. Mr Donlevy demands a cut to width equal to the door while joking about chairs and sill heights and seeking a skilled carpenter who understands measuring by instinct. The piece ends with Donlevy saying he will seek another craftsman.
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Mr. Donlevy
Mr. Chips
Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine
Origins of the Sapartori Thieves Network Exposed in Naples
Naples reports a long running spate of robberies aided by an armed group called the Saportori or shooters. The gang enlisted experienced marksmen to assist thefts, with a presidency and six members recently arrested. Authorities anticipate further breakthroughs.
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Naples
Pes
King Charles Makes Rich ard M. Jackson Royal Reader
In Wurtemberg the King appoints Rich ard M. Jackson of Ohio as reader at the court. Jackson, a former Conservatory musician and U S Consulate staffer, enjoys a 6000 mark salary and a five room suite at the Academy. The King’s favored confidant faces court skepticism as an intruder.
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Wurtemberg
Richard M. Jackson
Ohio
Stat
Conservatory
United States
Charles
Mm Caresse
no _ Jackson
Academy
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Theodore Tilton
Cornhi
Tybee Island
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Bucklen
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Cincinnati
W.l.o'brien
Caldwell
Eadfever
Ahireas J
BH. Reeves
Hatham
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the Bank OF Athens
Athens, C
John Brown
J.D. Brown
A. Norton
T. H. Sheldon
E.H. Moore
First National Bank
Athens
the— State Bank of Ohio
Europe
Saeed
Southeast Cor
Washington & Congress Sts
Athens, Ohio
John Cornell
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Main Street
Trur & Co
Augusta
Maine
H. Hs.nerr & Co
Portland
W. Towsley
Atkinson
Garren
EAT Market
Wold
Hotels
Ofto
Elmer Golden
Caeerin
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Probate Judge's Office
Phiaetons
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway
Wilmington
Sabina
Washington Circleville
Lancaster
Junction City
New Lexington
Zanesville
Dresden
Dresden Junction
Wheeling
Washington City
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Tee
Morrow
Circleville
Washington Sabina
Arrva
Xenia
Springfield
Union Depot
Indiananapolis
Northwest
St Louis
W. L. Obrien
D. W. Caldwell
the People’s Paper
the Weekly Gazette
MVE Gazette
Gazette
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Daily Gazette
Kay
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D. Bd. Bowers
Proprietors
Walnut Street
Tyson
Guysville
Athens County
L. D. Wilson
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